Low cost BLE Advertisements Repeater into Zigbee 3.0 on TLRS825x
Use this TB-03F-KIT or TB-04-KIT ($3)
Alternative TB-03F (~$1.5), lacking LEDs, USB UART. Try with above first, its easier
- BLE Configuration page BLE2Zigbee.html
- Initial programming (https://github.com/pvvx/TLB2Z/tree/master/pgm)
- Firmware and Zigbee OTA files (https://github.com/pvvx/TLB2Z/tree/master/fw)
- Receive BLE advertisements from up to 3 thermometer-hygrometers and translate the readings as a Zigbee end device.
- BLE advertisements are received 99.5% of the time: Zigbee polling occurs 16ms every 4 seconds. This ensures minimal reception loss from BLE devices.
- Zigbee device uses 3 endpoints. One for each BLE thermometer-hygrometer.
- Zigbee TX +10dBm, BLE TX +0dBm (BLE is used for customization only).
- Zigbee OTA support.
- Support advertising BLE formats Xiaomi(Mi-Home), Qingping, BTHome v2, Custom.
- Support encrypted BLE advertising options with bindkey.
- Average consumption when operating the TB-03F-KIT module from USB (5V): 10 mA
- Connect the programmed module to the power supply
- Download BLE2Zigbee.html
- Press the button labeled "PROG" for 1 second. This action will switch the module to the BLE connection standby mode. The waiting time for BLE connection is up to 80 seconds.
- In BLE2Zigbee.html make a connection to the BLE device "B2Z-xxxxxxx".
- Enter the MAC of the thermometers and the BindKey used if necessary.
- Verify that the data is being received:
- Close BLE2Zigbee.html.
- Enable pairing mode on the Zigbee coordinator or router.
- Press and hold the button on the module labeled "PROG" for 8 seconds. This action will reset the Zigbee bindings and settings.
- Trace the pairing of the temperature, humidity, and battery clusters. Set the desired values for "Report".
- Red LED color - reception from the 1st thermometer
- Green color LED - reception from 2nd thermometer
- Lights up constantly if there is no pairing
- Blinks 7 times when pairing
- Blinks briefly when waiting for BLE connection
| Endpoint | Cluster | Attribute | NN BLE device |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0020 BatteryVoltage | 1 |
| 1 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0021 BatteryPercentageRemaining | 1 |
| 1 | 0x0402 Temperature Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 1 |
| 1 | 0x0405 Relative Humidity Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 1 |
| 2 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0020 BatteryVoltage | 2 |
| 2 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0021 BatteryPercentageRemaining | 2 |
| 2 | 0x0402 Temperature Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 2 |
| 2 | 0x0405 Relative Humidity Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 2 |
| 3 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0020 BatteryVoltage | 3 |
| 3 | 0x0001 Power Configuration | 0x0021 BatteryPercentageRemaining | 3 |
| 3 | 0x0402 Temperature Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 3 |
| 3 | 0x0405 Relative Humidity Measurement | 0x0000 MeasuredValue | 3 |
- If less than 3 BLE thermometer-hygrometers are used or the thermometer-hygrometer does not transmit any parameter, then there is no need to link these clusters in the Zigbee coordinator.
- If the BLE advertising protocol (Xiaomi, Qingping) of the thermometer does not provide for the transmission of battery voltage, then the battery voltage is substituted with 3.0V when receiving percent of charge.
- ZHA does not know how to accept 3 batteries. I.e. does not have full support for Zigbee 3.0, as it says in its advertising.
| Name | Tmin | Tmax | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| BatteryVoltage | 360 sec | 3600 sec | 0 |
| BatteryPercentageRemaining | 360 sec | 3600 sec | 0 |
| Temperature Measurement | 30 sec | 180 sec | 10 (0.1 C) |
| Relative Humidity Measurement | 30 sec | 180 sec | 50 (0.5 %) |
- Xiaomi thermometer-hygrometers use a large data transmission interval, lasting tens of minutes. To avoid unnecessary duplicate points on the graphs, it is desirable to set appropriate (multiple) intervals in the Zigbee report.